Spring in the Oregon Desert: hardly any dust, riding among pronghorn sheep herds, drowning my bike and self in frigid ice-bottomed puddles, heaping lunches in Brothers, great people, and lots and lots of awesome riding.
More photos from several rides in the rest of this entry and in the photo galleries, here and here.
Videos of Kurt and Dave on the trail: video #1 and video #2
Many of the photos and videos are courtesy of “Baconsandwich” Brad.
I’ve neglected to post any new entries for quite a while. So, without further ado, here is a year in pictures for 2007, starting where my last post left off. I’ll try to get with it for 2008.
I’ve been getting out to the road race and supermoto tracks this summer. Here are some pictures from sessions at Portland International Raceway and Pat’s Acres Racing Complex.
July 13-15 was this year’s AMA Black Dog Dualsport Rally. Friends Dave (#62), Scott (#73), and I (#61) rode both days. Click here to skip to the photo gallery.
Or, Click here to read the full report with photos.
A photo gallery of my recent STN WCRM IV trip, is located HERE.
I loaded the Triumph up on a weekend in April and rode up to Portland. Why?
1) Because I could. I’m taking a sabatical from work.
2) The Oregon Trail Rally was in town, a pro auto stage rally. Sounded like a fun place to hang out.
3) I also want to check out the supermoto racing at Pat’s Acres this weekend.
Stages 1-6 used bits of the track at PIR as well as access roads surrounding it and in the infield. The following day, I caught up with the rally in the mountains west of Portland. Click here for rally photos.
From there I rode out to Pat’s Acres by Canby. I’m setting up my dirt bike up for supermoto and wanted to see what I am getting myself into. Click here for rally photos.
Ten days in Nexpa and Zihua. Click here for photos.
I’m back from a spectactular Tur of the mountains of southern Norway.
Click here for pictures of the trip.
When I announced that I was taking a leave-of-absence from work, a Norwegian collegue asked me what I planed to do. “It’s winter,” I said, lamenting the Oregon weather and the timing. “Probably do some backcountry skiing.” He replied, “I’m sure the skiing in Oregon is nice, but why don’t you join our annual hut-to-hut tour in Norway.” It took me about 22 seconds to make up my mind.
I spent the holidays in Yuma, Arizona. The picture to the left was taken at the Cloud Museum in Bard, CA. More pictures in the gallery.
All my photos, including full size shots and ones not shown here are in my WCRM3.5 Photo Gallery (click).
I left Wednesday afternoon with plans to visit the most remote corner of the state on my way to Baker City. Wednesday got me to Burns with only few few drops of rain on my faceshield. This put me within striking distance of the Jordon Valley area.
Thursday morning saw me riding through the chilly high desert. Past Rome, I turned off on the dirt road headed toward the Owyhee Canyon and Three Forks. The road ride was not exciting, but nevertheless enjoyable. But this is where the real fun started.
After 22 miles of quick desert riding, I reached the Owyhee Canyon overlook.
